Taken
at the Last Game Against Arsenal11/5/97 Attendance 18,287 (Score 1-3)

Originally the Baseball Ground
was a sports ground for workers from a
nearby foundry, called the Ley's
Malleable Castings Vulcan Ironworks. The
foundry owner Sir Fancis Ley, after
visiting the United States became keen
on Baseball and the ground was laid out
in this way and the name stuck!

The Ground was demolished and has been
redeveloped as a housing estate. As a
tribute all the names of the new roads are
named in connection with the football club.
So you may one day live in Baseball Drive or
Vulcan Street.

The
Club moved to Pride Park (now the iPro
Stadium) in 1997.

Special thanks
to David Forsyth, Han van Eijden, Owen Pavey
and Carl Ackers for providing the photos for
this section.